I believe that my elephant nose fish is slowly dying. I had it for about 2 months and it never ate much so I'm going to assume that the cause of it's death is starvation, however if anybody has other theories that would be greatly appreciated. As of right now it seems to be very slowly swimming around on its side. Should I just put it out of its misery now or wait and see if it pushes through? Or should I move it into another tank and attempt to feed it, however I believe it may be past that point. Thanks guys
Elephant Nose Fish Dying
- Thread starter fishman1987
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Welcome to MFK I suggest calling your lfs's in the area and see if any carry live blackworm's they may trigger Elephant nose to eat.
I called all local pet stores none have it. I guess I'm just going to have to flush it
Maybe it has ich? I would like asap help tho because I spotted two of my serpae tetras with something that I believe is ich.
Looks like ich. Heat and salt. Temps upto 86 degrees. Add salt 1 tsp per gallon. Repeat salt again in 12hrs if tolerated. Repeat salt dose again in another 12 hrs. So total will 3 tsp per gallon. Gotta keep like this for a little over 10 days even after spots disappear. Add pump or powerhead to get oxygen into the water.
Qt the fish if able. Plants won't like the salt and other fish sensitive to salt.
Post in the disease section.
Post in the disease section.
Alright then thanks for all the help will QT my fish in separate tank
Leave them in there the whole aquarium is infected already.
